I'll tell you what, not that this is news to anyone, but Ron Murphy was a wizard. I give you Exhibit A: Wavejumper.
fh ----------------- >Great point about the mastering perhaps giving a more consistent >quality, Emile... > >I hadn't been so interested in actually listening to the comp, since I >know it all already, until you guys reminded me about the >remastering...It'll be interesting to hear how esp. certain tracks >might sound better/different -- Wavejumper & The Countdown Has Begun >come to mind off the top of my head, the 909 in the originals is so >punchy and I think that record is kinda crusty, in a good way and in a >bad way... > >I think some stuff could really benefit in some ways but maybe others >might lose some specialness, even if they sound technically better, >I'm pretty curious now...Especially I think where Ron Murphy was >involved, it'll be interesting to hear the difference because it's >bound to be pretty different...Everything he mastered (like >Wavejumper/UR-030) had his touch, a bit of wildness that fit the music >so well..On the other hand, it wasn't always a 100% success...;) > >jt > >On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Emile Facey <em...@bleep43.com> wrote: >> As Marsel says, it'll depend on what Alden Tyrell has done in his mastering >> process, and if it's to your taste. Mastering techniques have definitely >> come a long way since some of this stuff was released originally but not >> everyone will agree that they've got better. He's normally a really good >> engineer though and the clips sound great to me. >> >> One thing that might be interesting is that remastering everything in one >> session from the original tapes might give the tracks a more consistent >> sound. I don't know for sure but I'd imagine that because a lot of them were >> released on different labels, most of these 12"s were mastered by different >> engineers at different cutting sessions and that as a result all the records >> sound a bit different, well at least to my ears, they do. >> >> 07 UNKNOWN JOURNEY is definitely something I've never heard before or seen >> on any original releases. >> >> >> >> >> On 7 Dec 2011, at 09:48, Marsel van der Wielen wrote: >> >>> >>> well, mastering is meant to have it sound better :-) >>> >>> but it's always personal judgement if it does of course >>> and can depend on which system the music is played after (home headphones >>> vs 100k stadium) >>> >>> >>> >>> Op 7-12-2011 10:45, Placid schreef: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> all re-mastered - >>>> >>>> >>>> A quick question. Does remastering actually man its going to sound >>>> better. What if the technique they use isn't as good as it originally >>>> was.... >>>> >>>> Going back to a post a few months back on how the trax stuff had been >>>> remastered to sound great on big sound systems but lacked mids and hi end >>>> clarity >>>> >>>> here - http://www.offmodern.com/2011/06/revisionist-house/ >>>> >>>> just thinking... >>>> >>>> >> > >
